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How to submit a project proposal

Who is eligible for IPDC assistance?

Media organizations such as press, radio and television, media training institutes, professional journalists' organizations, media development agencies, and community media organizations are eligible to seek support from IPDC. All proposals are processed by field-based UNESCO Advisers for Communication and Information. Media projects with potential to serve as models are especially encouraged. Particular attention is always given to proposals from least-developed, landlocked and small island countries.

Preparation and submission

The project proposals shall be developed together with the UNESCO Advisers for Communication and Information in the Field (ACI) concerned, who will check if the project is in line with the presentation requirements and the IPDC priorities. They will assist the submitters to develop appropriate projects after assessing the viability of the proposals and credentials of the proponents. If necessary, they will seek the view of the National Commission for UNESCO concerned about the viability of the public sector media projects and the view of a professional media organization recognized by UNESCO on the viability of the private sector media projects.

  • All project proposals must be submitted using the on-line platform, following the recently updated IPDC guidelines on project preparation. Access to the platform will be provided after clearance of the project idea ACIs.
  • The equipment component should be reduced to a reasonable minimum with a justifiable budget.
  • The proposal will not be considered for presentation unless they have clear impact on one or several of the IPDC priorities.
  • Community radio proposals projects must have a license to be considered by IPDC.
  • IPDC will not consider projects by private entities if they are competing for the same audience with similar entities; however, joint ventures and ventures intend to cater to undeserved areas and communities are encouraged.

Please therefore e-mail your project proposals to: UNESCO Advisers for Communication and Information

Deadline

The deadlines for the preparation of projects for the 60th meeting of the IPDC Bureau (March 2016) are as follows:

31 July 2015 is the closing date for submitting project summaries to the UNESCO Advisers for Communication and Information (ACIs)/CI Professionals based in respective UNESCO field offices. 

30 September 2015 is the deadline to finalize and submit the full version of IPDC projects.

Kindly note that project proposals should be submitted only through the UNESCO Advisers for Communication and Information/CI Professionals based in UNESCO Field Offices in order to ensure the quality standards and the relevance to the IPDC priorities.

The decisions on the project funding will be taken by the IPDC Bureau at its 60th meeting.

Project approval

The IPDC Bureau during its meeting proceeds with the approval of the projects and the respective financial allocations to them on the basis of the amount of voluntary contributions available on the IPDC Special Account. In providing support to projects, IPDC is guided by the following priorities:

  • Supporting media pluralism (particularly community media) and independence (improving self-regulation and professional standards).
  • Promoting the safety of journalists
  • Countering hate speech in media and social media, promoting conflict-sensitive journalism practice and/or promoting cross-cultural/cross-religious dialogue among journalists
  • Supporting law reform fostering media independence
  • Conducting media assessments and research based on UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators (MDIs), the Gender Sensitive Indicators for the Media (GSIM) or the Journalists’ Safety Indicators.
  • Capacity building for journalists and media managers, including improving journalism education (using UNESCO's Model Curricula for Journalism Education)

Evaluation

Projects are evaluated on an annual basis and projects evaluations are submitted to the IPDC Bureau.

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